Cowboys guard Ronald Leary pleads guilty to drunken driving

A Cowboys offensive lineman has pleaded guilty to a first-time drunken-driving charge.

Ronald Leary was arrested in suburban Dallas in September 2012 after failing a field sobriety test. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, he was pulled over for multiple traffic violations and on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

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Online court records show the Cowboys’ starting left guard pleaded guilty Thursday. He will receive 18 months of probation and a $1,000 fine.

A message seeking comment was left with his attorney Monday.

Leary was a Memphis University guard before the Cowboys signed him as a free agent in 2012. He has had a chronic knee problem but started all 16 games last season.